Ignoring Mount requests on startup in OpenVMS

On Sun, 30 Mar 2003 22:30:48 -0500 (EST) Patrick Finnegan <pat(a)purdueriots.com> wrote: # > Try the following to figure out what startup file is trying to mount the disk: # > # > $ SEARCH *.COM USER2 # > # > I'm guessing it's located in SYSTARTUP_VMS.COM, you can simply edit the # > file by doing a: # > # > $ EDIT SYSTARTUP_VMS.COM and either remove the line totally or comment it # > out by putting a '!' after the '$' on that line. When done with your edit # > do a CTRL-Z to save and exit (assuming you're using the default editor)., # # I don't think he's going to be able to edit the file if he can't get the # machine to boot up because it's waiting for the op to mount the volume. # I'm guessing he needs to know how to get the machine to boot without # executing the script that's trying to mount that. # # My suggestion would be to search google for how to recover a lost root # password in VMS, that'll probably point you in the direction you need to # look to get a DCL prompt without executing startup scripts. Doh! I actually performed that procedure when I first got my hands on the VAX a while back. The memory is not what it used to be ;) thanks -jwb -- ## James W. Brinkerhoff <jwb(a)paravolve.net> ## ## GPG Key Sig: EBF1 6C24 0814 A3E9 6E93 649C 1F25 D807 E484 C9B9 [demime 1.01a removed an attachment of type application/pgp-signature]